Off Grid Living

Ok, not a tree hugger, but we have been completely off-grid since August. For me, it is liberty, at a big price of 'normal'. Anyway, we are giving up and going back to the grid until we are able to get a better solar set-up. Our main concerns are hot water, lights for kids homework, HOT WATER, and cooking. Also, using hand saws to build has been sooooo time consuming that we are falling more and more behind. Now that both Kat and I are back in school to finish our degrees, I have very little time. Trying to keep the business going to eat and school leave little time for our farm. So, we will go back to the grid and long for the day that we are able to get back that liberty we have enjoyed so much. Showers in an unheated bathroom at 8 degrees with luke warm water from a wood burning stove in a 5 gallon bucket does not make for a good experience no matter day or night. Call me weak, this one must be fixed and soon...lol.